Hasenchartbreaker

Occupation

• Vocals: cheroot ( Gero Ivers )
• Keyboard, Vocals: Alf Ator (Alexander Thomas )
• Guitar: Buzz Dee (Sebastian Baur )
• Drums: Chrisch Chrasch ( Christian Gerlach )

Harelip Breaker is to The Schlechtst of Knorkator the second music album by the band Knorkator.

Genesis

It was produced in 1999 by Alf Ator and Strossner sound systems. The name of the album was created as a portmanteau of harelip and Chartbreaker of Alf Ator.

With the decoupled as a single song I who applied initially pig Knorkator in 2000 when German competition preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest 2000 and just missed the 3rd place. This song was originally only available as a separate single. For commercial reasons, the song was added to the album. Even the title A Christmas scolding and way down were already included on earlier recordings of the band. In addition, rabbits Chartbreaker cover versions of The Beatles contains (With a Little Help from My Friends ), AC / DC ( Highway to Hell ) and the Puhdys ( Go to her ). AC / DC 's Highway to Hell was reacted with opera singing.

Title list

Style of music and texts

As stated on the debut album, the group plays a style of music that strongly to Oomph! and Rammstein is ajar. On the second album, also elements from techno and classical music are added. The song alternates between the hard, screaming vocal style of the New German hardness, clear vocals and falsetto. In addition, two -part singing.

The lyrics are humorous held back and mainly comprise toilet humor, as reported by I 'm just a man besond'rer of a man who can eat his asshole. Panty treated the problems that you have when no fresh underpants in the closet is.

Reception

After the German preselection for the Song Contest 2000 was fixed for the TV totally presenter Stefan Raab that Knorkator had to be invited. He handed them on his show TV total "Golden Honorary Host". Raab also disagreed with the assertion, which brought the picture after the appearance in circulation, Knorkator are bullies and scandal rockers. The image (newspaper) wrote " Who let these lunatics on TV? " You saw four men wildly in white plush clothes and jump while other performers stood stock still, chopped Knorkator her piano with a Plüschaxt.

The critic Daniel Straub from the online magazine Laut.de awarded four stars out of five and says in his review: ". Delicious Tip for people with a funny sense of humor and joy of the absurd " He specifically praised the musical abilities of the band: " Amazing bandwidth their skills, which far from being exhausted in heavy guitars and roaring vocals. "